Research of the last days: Research of the last days:
(00) Congress Enacts OTC Monograph Reform / 04/30/2020
https://www.kslaw.com/news-and-insights/congress-enacts-otc-monograph-reform
"hydroquinone skin bleaching drug products[vii]; and sunscreens[viii]) have been
marketed for many years without a final monograph subject to FDA’s enforcement discretion."
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(00.1) SUBCOMMITTEE PRINT - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 116–XXX / 07/09/2020
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20200709/110875/HMKP-116-AP00-20200709-SD003.pdf
"Check page 92"
"Skin Lightening.— The Committee is concerned about the availability of illegal skin lightening
products containing dangerous levels of mercury and hydroquinone that are available to consumers,
particularly through online retailers..... more"
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(00.2) An Exciting New Chapter in OTC Drug History: OTC Monograph Reform in the CARES Act / 08/06/2020
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-voices/exciting-new-chapter-otc-drug-history-otc-monograph-reform-cares-act
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(00.3) U.S. CARES ACT ENABLES LONG-AWAITED OTC DRUG REGULATORY MODERNIZATION: KEY HIGHLIGHTS / 08/04/2020
https://www.goodwinlaw.com/publications/2020/04/04_08-cares-act-otc-regulatory-modernization
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(01) Here's what California's new cosmetics bill could mean for your makeup / OCT. 7, 2020 4:16 AM EDT
https://www.thelist.com/257701/heres-what-californias-new-cosmetics-bill-could-mean-for-your-makeup/
"The Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act bans the manufacturing, sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale of cosmetic products that purposefully include any one of 25 chemicals.
When it takes effect in January of 2025,"
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(02) Eskimo Pie Becomes Edy’s Pie: Here Are All The Brands That Are Changing Racist Names And Packaging / Oct 6, 2020,04:51pm EDT
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/10/06/eskimo-pie-becomes-edys-pie-here-are-all-the-brands-that-are-changing-racist-names-and-packaging/#188ea10d56a7
In July, the Indian subsidiary of Unilever revealed the new name for popular skin-lightening brand “Fair & Lovely” would be “Glow and Lovely,” a move met with backlash
from critics who characterized it as merely a cosmetic change for a product that promotes harmful beauty standards.
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(03) Hydroquinone
https://chemistscorner.com/cosmeticsciencetalk/search?Search=hydroquinone
"Many very interesting articles"
Result: Bye Bye Hydroquinone :-) California <3